Syrian ambassadors to Emirates, Cyprus defect
Source: Reuters
AMMAN | Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:23pm IST
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria's ambassadors to the United Arab Emirates and Cyprus, who are husband and wife, have defected to Qatar, spokesmen for the opposition Syrian National Council said on Wednesday.
They are respectively the second and third senior diplomats to join the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad since the revolt began 16 months ago.
"The ambassador (Abdelatif al-Dabbagh) is now in Qatar," SNC spokesman Mohammad Sarmini told Reuters by telephone, referring to the ambassador to the UAE.
Sarmini said Dabbagh is married to Lamia al-Hariri, Syria's ambassador to Cyprus, who also defected to Qatar in coordination with her husband.
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